Description
36994-IT Business Analyst
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Position type: w2
Contact duration: 8months + (strong possibility of extension)
Position Description:
Advises and recommends areas of program planning, business management, budget execution and program coordination. Prepares needs assessment. Validates resource requirements and develops cost estimate models. Conducts and coordinates financial, product, market, operational, and related research to support strategic and business planning within the various departments and programs of the client group. Interprets, evaluates, and interrelates research data, and develops integrated business analyses and projections for incorporation into strategic decision-making. Plans and coordinates the development of primary and secondary market research studies in support of strategic planning and specific marketing initiatives, as required, and presents findings of studies to client committees. Provides consultative, technical, and staff support, as appropriate.
Specific activities include but not limited to:
Creating projects and tracking in RPM through lifecycle
Adding, Updating and Maintaining business application information with AIMS
Tracking and Monitoring Applications for retirement and decommissing
Identify, tracking and changing SOX compliance impacted applications.
Tracking governance requirements through the funding process.
Maintaining Supply and Demand roll-up for the Information Officer
Document existing processes
Experience Level:
3-6 Years.
Skill Set:
Knowledge of project management principles, practices, techniques, and tools. Knowledge and appreciation of business concepts and requirements as applicable to a large academic, research, and/or health care facility. Knowledge and understanding of business research principles, processes, and techniques. Ability to develop and prepare business analyses and plans. Ability to develop and deliver presentations. Knowledge of the principles of strategic business decision-making. Ability to process computer data and to format and generate reports. Ability to create, compose, and edit written materials. Consultative and advisory skills. Skill in the use of survey and market research methodologies, systems, and techniques. Skill in the use of computerized spreadsheet, relational database, and word processing software.
Successful candidates should process:
Working knowledge of client's Accounting and Finance processes.
Clear understanding of industry Supply and Demand reporting.
Clear understanding of Governance as applied as applied in an IT environment
Must have skills in Remedy, RPM/NIKU, AIMS, Word, Excell, Poweroint, Sharepoint and Webex.
Visio is a nice to have.